GRAY, Sir John Walton David, KBE
BDOHP Biographical Details and Interview Index Sir John Walton David GRAY KBE 1995; CMG 1986. Born 1 October 1936. Married 1957, Anthoula Yerasimou. Educated at Blundell's School and Christ's College, Cambridge. National Service, 1954-56. Career (with, on right, relevant pages in interview) Entered Foreign Office 1962 pp 2-3 Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies 1962 pp 3-5 Bahrain 1964 p 5 FO (Defence Dept., then Egypt Desk) 1967 pp 5-7 UK Mission to UN, Geneva 1970 pp 7-9 (See pp 8-9 on CSCE) Sofia 1974 pp 9-14 Counsellor (Commercial) 1978; then Counsellor and Head of Chancery 1980, Jeddah pp 14-23 Head of Maritime, Aviation and Environment Dept 1982 pp 23-28 Ambassador to Beirut 1985 pp 28-36 Ambassador and UK Permanent Rep. to OECD, Paris 1988 pp 36-41 Ambassador to Brussels 1992-6 pp 42-47 (pp 44-46 includes general reflections) 1 Interview with Sir John Gray by Malcolm McBain on 29th October, 2001. McB I see that you were educated at Blundell’s School, went on to Christ’s College, Cambridge, and then went to do National Service from l954 - 56. Some time later, in 1962, you joined the Foreign Service, so would you tell me first of all about your National Service and then, secondly, how you came to join the Foreign Service. JG I actually did National Service immediately after school, l954 - 56. And then I went to University and stayed there for six years, doing research until l962, when I joined the Diplomatic Service.
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